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CHOSE

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Fr. A thing; an article of property. A chose is, a chattel personal, (Williams, Pers. Prop. 4,) and is either in possession or in action. See the following titles. Chose local. A local thing; a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. Kitchin, fol. 18; Cowell; Blount Chose transitory. A thing which is movable, and may be taken away or carried from place to place. Cowell; Blount.

Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition

property. This is a French word, signifying thing. In law, it is applied to personal property; as choses in possession, are such personal things of which one has possession; choses in action, are such as the owner has not the possession, but merely a right of action for their possession. Chitty defines choses in actions to be rights to receive or recover a debt, or money, or damages for breach of contract, or for a tort connected with contract, but which cannot be enforced without action, and therefore termed choses, or things in action. Com. Dig. Biens; Harr. Dig. Chose in Action Chitty’s Eq. Dig. b. t. Vide 1 Ch. Pr. 140. 2. It is one of the qualities of a chose in action, that, at common law, it is not assignable. But bills of exchange and promissory notes, though choses in action, may be assigned by indorsement, when payable to order, or by delivery when payable to bearer. See Bills of Exchange. 3. Bonds are assignable in Pennsylvania, and perhaps some other states, by virtue of statutory provisions. Inequity, however, all choses in action are assignable and the assignee has an equitable right to enforce the fulfillment of the obligation in the name of the assignor. 4. Rights arising ex delicto are not assignable either at law or in equity.

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  • CHOSE IN POSSESSION
  • JUS IN RE
  • IN ACTION
  • TANGIBLE PROPERTY
  • TRANSITORY
  • PERSONAL PROPERTY

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